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Marian

Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi

About Me

I'm the pop music critic at The Seattle Times, a contributing writer for Source Magazine, and a segment producer for the Asian American television show Pacific Fusion. Please, by all means, hit me up if you want me to put something in the paper or have an event to highlight.

My latest produced videos...
AIR GUITAR CONTEST

MYX

You Are 4: The Individualist
You are sensitive and intuitive, with others and yourself.

You are creative and dreamy... plus dramatic and unpredictable.

You're emotionally honest, real, and easily hurt.

Totally expressive, others always know exactly how you feel. What Number Are You?

My Interests

MUSIC, DJ-ing, jewelry making, art, painting, snowboarding, videogames, anime, yoga, judo

I'd like to meet:

People who are passionate - about their loves, their lives and their music

Music:

anything except for country (sorry!) : DJ Z-Trip, Lyrics Born, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Outkast, Simple Plan, Green Day, Dyloot, My Chemical Romance, Frontline, Hoobastank, Boys II Men, Babyface, plus BIG UPS to the BAY!

Movies:

Gone With The Wind, High Fidelity, Love Story, Fushigi Yuugi, The Killer, Fight Club, Princess Mononoke, Better Luck Tomorrow, Knocked Up

Television:

Samurai Champloo, Futurama, Teen Titans, Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Grey's Anatomy, My Boys

Books:

The Fountainhead, The Bible

Heroes:

My mom, and grandmothers

My Blog

President of the United States of America interview!

Photo: Ken LambertI profiled Seattle pop-punk band The Presidents of the United States of America . (Here's the LINK ) In addition to the profile, I asked them to participate in a song contest. A to...
Posted by Marian on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:20:00 PST

Presidents of the United States of America song contest

Name that tune!You've heard "Peaches," "Lump," and "Kitty" - now it's your turn.You make up a title, and we'll put the best ones up for an online vote. The Presidents of the United States will write a...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:28:00 PST

Jonas Brothers Concert Review

This was the second time I saw the tweenie boppers, but I have to say, they helped me find my inner child.Remember when New Kids on the Block were the biggest phenom in the world and somehow their son...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:39:00 PST

Jonas Bros. Profile

As entertainment reporter, we have to be open to everything. So...here's my bid at the tween icon Jonas Bros. I had fun with it.Here's the profile And there's also a video I helped coordinate together...
Posted by Marian on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:41:00 PST

Lupe Fiasco Review

He was propped up as the savior of hip-hop and this past Friday I caught his 2-hour show - if only more artists put in that much effort.Click here for my review.Onstage, Lupe was cocky and reflected t...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:33:00 PST

Music Download Guide

I put together a guide for folks downloading music for the holidays. Let me know if your experience was similar or if you use other sites.Here it is:MUSIC DOWNLOADINGCHART COMPARING THE SITESSTART-UPS...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:01:00 PST

Another video - graffiti wall

In the pouring rain, the day before the second rainiest day in Seattle (which left 5 dead and many stranded) I went out in storm and interviewed artists at a new graffiti wall in Seattle.Here's the st...
Posted by Marian on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:12:00 PST

Following Blake Lewis around

Blake Lewis is a bit of a hometown hero here in Seattle. So when his album came out yesterday, I took out my own camera and recording equipment - and followed him around from the dressing room, sound ...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:06:00 PST

Radiohead and Pay What You Want

After the whole Radiohead thing happening, the music industry went crazy - while us critics tried to figure out what was going on and what would happen.But after some thinking, I realized that what Ra...
Posted by Marian on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:44:00 PST

Poetry in Motion

Check out my story and slideshow about poems on buses - it starts on the entertainment homepageOr you can click on the actual story itself and scroll down to related links to click to the slideshow. I...
Posted by Marian on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:15:00 PST